{"id":105,"date":"2010-12-13T16:48:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T21:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=105"},"modified":"2014-09-19T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:59:12","slug":"lacebark-pine-an-investment-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2010\/12\/13\/lacebark-pine-an-investment-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacebark pine- an investment in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pinus-bungeana-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-555\" title=\"Pinus bungeana= (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pinus-bungeana-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pinus-bungeana-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pinus-bungeana-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Pinus-bungeana-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Many rare and unusual garden plants\u00a0are introduced into a garden as a thoughtful gift. Lacebark pine (<em>Pinus bungeana<\/em>) is an arboreal aristocrat which a few gardeners are privileged to own. Lacebark is a lovely 3- needle\u00a0pine with\u00a0exquisite exfoliating bark which becomes more attractive each succeeding year. The lacebark feature begins after 8-10 years, but it&#8217;s worth\u00a0waiting ifyou&#8217;re a young and\/or patient gardener.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark is a\u00a0medium 30-50 foot tall multi-branched pine. Start with an affordable 2 &#8211; 3 foot shrub.\u00a0\u00a0A young lacebark is slow-growing; \u00a0growth pace gradually picks up to average 4-5 inches annually. \u00a0The 2 &#8211; 4 inch long needles are stiff and prickly to the touch.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark requires no special care other than routine late winter feeding and\u00a0refreshing the mulch around the plant. Plant lacebark in full sun and in above-average garden soil. Use a slow release acidic fertilizer specially labeled for evergreens. Occasionally prune off a side branch to get  a better view the mosaic bark.<\/p>\n<p>Most potentially serious disease and insect pests may be avoided with proper siting and care.\u00a0Select a visible landscape location which is frequently visited, such as near a patio, carport, driveway or a window which looks out at the lacebark.<\/p>\n<p>Lacebark pine can\u00a0be purchased from specialty mail-order nurseries via the internet.\u00a0 Lacebark\u00a0is a long term investment, one that you and future generations will cherish for its exquisite patchwork bark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many rare and unusual garden plants\u00a0are introduced into a garden as a thoughtful gift. Lacebark pine (Pinus bungeana) is an arboreal aristocrat which a few gardeners are privileged to own. Lacebark is a lovely 3- needle\u00a0pine with\u00a0exquisite exfoliating bark which becomes more attractive each succeeding year. The lacebark feature begins after 8-10 years, but it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,674,806,617,800,604,665,551,808,843,601,630,646,7,1,113,850,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6685,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/6685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}